I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren't able to live in the place you called home.

There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.

I felt that America's duty was not to try to do everything itself, but to foster a sense of commitment that would bring out the best in every country.

My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.

And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what they all look for is some kind of a mechanism to go from an authoritarian system to an open, democratic system.

People didn't think that a woman could be the Secretary of State, when my name was out there...but then the Arab Ambassadors at the UN said 'We have no problem dealing with Ambassador Albright, and we would have no problem dealing with Secretary Albright.'

Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.